![]() UFC 259 COUNTDOWN: Blachowicz vs Adesanya | Nunes vs Anderson | Yan vs Sterling So I just focus on what I have sharp - my Fight IQ, my eyes are great and just let the fight come to me.” We can only get the best version of Dom that we can find Dominick's got his own style, his own thing and it's hard to emulate Dominick Cruz exactly. So this has been a typical training camp for me, except I got a guy trying to move like Dominick a little bit. “I focus on myself and get what I have sharp and then second, focus on the opponent and what they're capable of and what their strengths are. “I approach every fight pretty similar, no matter who you are, and that's first and foremost,” he said. It’s a wise strategy, one that has gotten Kenney through his latest camp, which comes on the heels of an impressive Fight of the Night win over Nathaniel Wood in October. It is a little bit weird to think that these guys are at the end of their careers now, but I'm never one to count anybody out.” “Even if I went out there and knocked him out in the first five seconds, (Cory) Sandhagen-style, I wouldn't count out Dominick Cruz, just like I'm not counting out Frankie Edgar for his loss (to Sandhagen). “I definitely know it's his last handful of fights, but I never want to count a guy out,” he said. Kenney isn’t questioning Cruz, though he’s expecting one of the all-time greats to be at his best. But after a May 2020 loss to Henry Cejudo and a 10-month layoff, there are questions whether the 35-year-old is still the fighter he was in his prime. He’s already proved that he belongs at this level, but then again, Cruz is on a different level than most. UFC 259 FREE FIGHTS: Aljamain Sterling vs Cory Sandhagen | Amanda Nunes vs Ronda Rousey | Petr Yan vs Jose Aldo “On March 6th I get to find out whether I can hang with those guys or not.” “I was sitting there watching that fight with my friends back in Indiana, just talking about being a fighter and it was cool to watch,” he said. ![]() Kenney even recalls Cruz’ UFC debut, when he fought Urijah Faber at UFC 132 in July 2011. “I was kinda set on the flyweights, but I always respected the guy and checked him out.” “Going back to that moment, I would have never in a million years thought I would be fighting Dominick Cruz,” he said. And (Amanda) Nunes was on the prelims.”Īnd Kenney, who wouldn’t make his pro MMA debut for another two months, had no inkling that he may be fighting Cruz over six years later. “I sat next to Khabib (Nurmagomedov), Cruz fought that night, there was the Yoel Romero-Tim Kennedy fight, McGregor-Poirier I, Cerrone-Alvarez that was an amazing card. “I was front row, and that night was wild,” Kenney recalls. MORE UFC 259: How To Order | Jan Blachowicz Career Retrospective | Inside The Octagon | Aljamain Sterling’s Top Finishes | Journey To Champion - Petr Yan | Kennedy Nzechukwu Kenney was there in Las Vegas that night, not to scout Cruz as a future opponent, but to watch his coach, Chris Cariaso, challenge Demetrious Johnson for the flyweight title in the UFC 178 main event. A non-title affair, Cruz’ first since he defeated Takeya Mizugaki in 61 seconds back in September 2014. But here we are, days away from the UFC 259 card featuring three title fights and one very interesting bantamweight bout between Cruz and Kenney.
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